Guest guest Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 I have a soap recipe which calls for: 5.5 oz sweet almond oil 5.5 oz avocado oil I have about 3 oz. of avocado and no sweet almond. So I'm looking for a good substitution. Looking at the spreadsheet on Kathy Miller's site, it seems that hazelnut is a good substitution for both of these. Thankfully I have plenty of that. But I also have some evening primrose oil. It's not shown on Kathy's spreadsheet, so can anyone tell me if its properties are similar to those above? Is it a good soaping oil? TIA! -- Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 Although I have never used evening primrose oil in a soap, it is on the MMS calculator. You can use most any oil in soap. Use some of the evening primrose and the hazelnut, then make up the difference with soybean or canola, or more olive. Just be sure and run it through a calculator (like the one at http://www.thesage.com) because of whatever exchanges you do. Anita in TX > > > I have a soap recipe which calls for: > > 5.5 oz sweet almond oil > 5.5 oz avocado oil > > I have about 3 oz. of avocado and no sweet almond. So I'm looking for > a good substitution. > > Looking at the spreadsheet on Kathy Miller's site, it seems that > hazelnut is a good substitution for both of these. Thankfully I have > plenty of that. > > But I also have some evening primrose oil. It's not shown on Kathy's > spreadsheet, so can anyone tell me if its properties are similar to > those above? Is it a good soaping oil? > > TIA! > > -- Sandy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2004 Report Share Posted December 18, 2004 , " Anita Reeves " <anita-r@e...> wrote: > Use some of the evening > primrose and the hazelnut, then make up the difference with soybean or > canola, or more olive. Ah! Good idea. I'll do that. Thanks! -- Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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